Patents by Inventor Robert Kenneth Nock

Robert Kenneth Nock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7549394
    Abstract: A bird feeder perch assembly comprising a flange and a perch rod with at least one pivot member located at a distal end; the pivot members extending axially along an axis in a direction generally perpendicular to the perch rod; where the flange has an attachment that allow it to be attached to the side wall of a bird feeder body; the flange comprising an underside portion that in use is in direct contact with said side wall of a bird feeder body; the flange having at least one recess in the underside and an aperture therethrough located adjacent the recess or between the recesses; the aperture and recess being configured to accept the perch member; a pivot member being housed within the recess and the perch rod extending through the slot, such that in use the perch member may pivot, from a retracted position in which the perch is alongside the feeder body to an extended position in which the perch projects outwardly from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 7406926
    Abstract: A bird feeder port, especially suited for dispensing fine sized birdseed and configured for insertion through an exterior wall of a bird feeder; the port comprising a feed distributor with an open front portion accessible to a bird and in addition having at least an upper portion and a lower portion; said lower portion having an aperture in the lowermost floor portion through which bird seed is in use presented and can be eaten by a feeding bird. The aperture preferably comprises a slot and has a width of between 5 and 13 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 7261055
    Abstract: A bird feeder hanger assembly having a pivot member adapted to be pivotably attached to the main body of a bird feeder; the pivot member having engaging means comprising a slot or the like; a hanger member also having engaging means configured to co-operate with the first member engaging means such that when connecting the assembly to the main body of a bird feeder the hanger member can first be pushed into the slot of the pivot member and then pulled along an axis of the slot so that the engaging means of the hanger member and the engaging means of the pivot member mutually engage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: CJ Wildbird Foodslimited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 7194977
    Abstract: Bird feeding apparatus comprising a main body that provides access to bird food and a base member having a plurality of shedding faces which are inclined so that a bed of food particles in the main body settling under gravity is shed towards feeding ports located proximal the periphery of the base; where each shedding face has at least two mutually inclined substantially flat surfaces that together form a valley the floor of which descends as it approaches the periphery of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: CJ Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 7021241
    Abstract: A bird feeder perch assembly for removable attachment to a bird feeder, the assembly having a locating member for locating and removably engaging a body of the bird feeder, a perch and pivoting mechanism for allowing the perch to pivot relative to the locating member, such that in use when attached to a bird feeder body the perch may pivot from a retracted position in which it is substantially flush with the bird feeder body to an extended position in which the perch projects outwardly from the bird feeder body such that a bird may rest upon the perch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Publication number: 20040231606
    Abstract: A bird feeder perch assembly comprising a locating member, a perch and pivoting means that allows the perch to pivot relative to the locating means; such that in use when attached to a bird feeder body the perch may pivot from a retracted position in which it is substantially flush with the body to an extended position in which it projects outwardly from the body such that a bird may rest upon it; the locating member may form part of a bird feeder port flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: C J Wildbird Foods Limited.
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 6679196
    Abstract: A bird feeding accessory comprising a collet, having a collar with a threaded cap, the collar housing a resilient sleeve; wherein the threaded cap may be tightened around a variety of resilient sleeves, each sleeve being adapted to grip a rod of varying size by use of a slit in the sleeve and co-operating tapered sections in the collar and sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Whittles, Robert Kenneth Nock